ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,561, issued on July 15, was assigned to EXPRO NORTH SEA Ltd. (Dyce, Great Britain).
"Well bore instrument system" was invented by David Sirda Shanks (Newmachar, Great Britain) and John McKay (Stonehaven, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A well bore instrument system is provided. The well bore instrument system includes a cable for conveying control signals and data signals; sensors positioned along the cable; and a controller operable to send control signals to the sensors and receive sensor data signals from the sensors via the cable. The controller is configured to transmit the control signals to the sensors at a contro...